What are the characteristics of West Lake Longjing Tea? How to identify authentic West Lake Longjing tea?

So how do you tell if it is the authentic West Lake Longjing?

I. Appearance characteristics

Zhejiang Longjing is thinner than West Lake Longjing. Zhejiang Longjing germinates about half a month earlier than West Lake Longjing and grows fast. To get a good price, Zhejiang Longjing generally chooses the leaf length 1 cm to 1.2 cm, otherwise the roots are thick and the leaves are old, while West Lake Longjing generally chooses the leaf length 1.5 cm to 2 cm.

In addition, Zhejiang Longjing should be refined to make the dry tea look beautiful and uniform in color, while West Lake Longjing advocates manual frying, which looks a little rough.

Second, the aroma characteristics

Zhejiang Longjing smells fragrant at first, but it is a little floating and untenable. West Lake Longjing is fragrant, so it can stand it. After the two teas are soaked twice, the tea fragrance that can't stand the aroma is insipid, but the tea fragrance that can stand the aroma is still weak, and the second tea of West Lake Longjing is slightly "slippery".

Third, taste characteristics

West Lake Longjing tastes mellow, sweet, fresh and refreshing, and returns to sweetness quickly. Take a sip of Zhejiang Longjing, which is mellow and refreshing.

Fourth, anti-counterfeiting features.

Longjing Tea Industry Association in Xihu District, Hangzhou will issue a special anti-counterfeiting logo to tea farmers every year, which is called the tea farmers' logo. The label of the tea farmer is printed with serial number, year, telephone number for authenticity inquiry, anti-counterfeiting code and other information, which corresponds to the identity of the tea farmer.

Take out your mobile phone, sweep it, scrape off the coating, and enter the security code, so you can clearly see which company and village the tea you bought comes from.

This anti-counterfeiting mark of West Lake Longjing Tea is an important part of the whole anti-counterfeiting traceability system of West Lake Longjing Tea. Since the use of 200 1, it has become the main means to identify the authenticity of West Lake Longjing tea.

Buy authentic West Lake Longjing

At present, there are many channels to buy West Lake Longjing tea on the market and online, so it is difficult for ordinary consumers to distinguish between true and false West Lake Longjing tea. Consumers are advised to choose formal purchase channels and try to choose West Lake Longjing tea with branded finished products.